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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Christof Heyns

Christof Heyns publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology, on topics such as Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights and Human Rights and Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-7650-1993 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,041,045
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,505
of 5,570
Works
87
Citations
22
Citations per work
0.3

What does Christof Heyns research?

Political Science and International Relations: 47.4%Sociology and Political Science: 29.9%Anthropology: 4.1%Law: 4.1%other fields: 14.5%47%top field
Political Science and International Relations47.4%Sociology and Political Science29.9%Anthropology4.1%Law4.1%other fields14.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Political Science and International Relations47% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology4% of their works
  4. 4Law4% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions3% of their works
  6. 6Development2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christof Heyns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Security Council, Global Governance, Genocide, International Law, Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention and Politics.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights335 topics
  2. Security Council232 topics
  3. Global Governance212 topics
  4. Genocide182 topics
  5. International Law162 topics
  6. Sovereignty152 topics
  7. Humanitarian Intervention121 topic
  8. Politics122 topics
  9. Responsibility to Protect121 topic
  10. International Criminal Law111 topic
  11. International Humanitarian Law111 topic
  12. Development101 topic
  13. Millennium Development Goals101 topic
  14. Eritrea61 topic
  15. Ethiopia61 topic
  16. Media61 topic
  17. Middle East61 topic
  18. Constitutionalism41 topic
  19. Developmental Local Government41 topic
  20. Diplomacy41 topic
  21. Ethics41 topic
  22. Torture41 topic
  23. Treaties41 topic

Where does Christof Heyns work?

Christof Heyns's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Christof Heyns have?

Science Explorer counts 87 works and 22 citations for Christof Heyns, ranking #1,041,045 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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